Although many health care institutions believe that clinical peer review is vital for identifying and improving quality of care, peer review is perceived by many clinicians as variable and inherently punitive. Successful peer review requires institutional leadership and adoption of a just culture approach to investigating and determining accountability for medical errors that result in harm.
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